GNU bug report logs - #16919
[PATCH] fix mismatch between dfa and regex for treatment of titlecase

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Message #20 received at 16919 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Norihiro Tanaka <noritnk <at> kcn.ne.jp>, 16919 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16919: [PATCH] fix mismatch between dfa and regex for
 treatment of titlecase
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 11:36:57 -0800

On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:01 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
...
> I'm inclined to fix the DFA code so that it behaves like the regex code even
> if the regex code isn't that nice, because arguably the regex code does
> conform to POSIX and anyway its behavior is longstanding and I doubt whether
> people care all that much about the details so long as the two are
> consistent.

That is my preference, too.  Thanks for digging into this.

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